Combination handle and strap holder



March 15, 1932. w. KAUFFMAN 1,849,933

COMBINATION HANQLE AND STRAP HOLDER Filed July 18, 1950 h alber L/(augfinan IN VE TOR v I I T G BY W ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 15, 1932 UNITED STATES WALTER L. KAUFFMAN,

PATENT OFFICE OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO COMBINATION HANDLE AND STRAP HOLDER Application filed July 18,

This invention relates to a combination handle and strap holder for suit cases and the like.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a device which is inexpensive of manufacture and reliable for the use to which it is put.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the class in which a handle is secured to the handle securing means comprising a metal member having an upwardly extending loop pressed upwardly from a central port-ion of a metallic member leaving an opening underneath said loop so that a strap may pass underneath said loop and over portions of the metallic member thereby making a secure hold of the handle regardless of its connection to a suit case or the like.

A still further object is to provide means for interlocking one end of the device which is secured to a ring attached to the handle, and riveting both ends of device to the suit case or the like.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description 7 22 of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a cross section taken on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Figure 4 is a side elevation of a suit case with my improved device attached thereto, and with the straps broken away in order to show more clearly how the same functions.

Figure 5 is a modification shown in perspective view of the device.

Figure 6 is a modification in section showing a portion of the metal part of the device either cast or welded.

1930. Serial No. 468,967,

Figure 7 is a top plan view of a metal strip before being formed. a By referring to the drawings it will be seen that I have provided a flat metal strip 1.

This fiat metal strip 1 is provided with a central loop 2 which is formed by the cutting of edges 3 and 4 and pressing upwardly forming the central loop 2'. A loop 5 is formed at one end of said flat metal strip for the reception of a ring 6 to which is attached a handle 7. Inorder to form a reliable loop 5 a slot or slots 8 are formed in the flat metal strip 1 and tongues 9 are brought upwardly through this slotor slots 8 and folded back upon an upper edge 10 of the flat metal strip 1. v

By referring to Fig. 1 it will be seen that rivet holes 11 and 12 are positioned so that the rivet hole 12 passes through one end ofthe flat metal strip 1, and through anupper por- 79 tion of a suit case or the like 13. One rivet functions with the rivet hole 11 and passes through the flat metal strip 1 and through the upper portion of a suit case or the like 18.

In order to carry out the material design of the suit case or the like 13 there is provided a cover portion 14: which may be of leather if the suitcase or the like is made of leather. This cover portion is stitched to the suit case or the like 13 by means of a seam 15'. By

referring to Fig. 1 it will be seen that this cover portion 14 is made of one piece with a cutout lip portion 16 which functions underneath the central loop 2. One end of the cover portion Misreduced and passes around the loop 5 and is held by a rivet functioning in rivet hole 12.

By referring to Fig. 3 it will be readily seen that when straps 17 have been projected through a loop opening 18 which is formed between the central loop 2'and outside metal straps 19 the same are securely heldnot only in relation to the central loop 2 but also in relation to the handle-7 which is also a part of the metal strip 1. 7

By referring to Fig. 5 it will be seen that I have shown a modification of the device in that a metal loop 20is formed from a metal strip 21. An end 22-has been out free at a point 23 in order that a cover portion 14 may be easily placed over'this metal strip 21 by forming a slotted recess for the upturned outer end portion 24 of the metal loop 20. It will also be seen that the loop 5 in this modification is formed by a down and inturned end and ends at a point 25 in order that a rivet functioning in arivet hole 26 will pass through this down and in-turned end of a metal strip 21, and the end 22 of the metal loop 20.

By referring to Fig. 6 it will be seen that the fiat metal strip 1 maybe formed with a loop wherein the neck 27 is a solid piece of structure either made by castingor welding.

By referring to Fig. 7 it will be seen how the flat metal strip 1 is blanked out before being formed.

By referring to Fig. 4 it will be seen that the device is riveted to the suit case 13 by means of rivets 28 and 29, these rivets functioning in the rivet holes 11 and 12respec- 'tively. These rivets also pass through an upper portion of the suit case 13.

It will be clear that in the event that the rivets 28 and 29 should pull through the upper portion'of the suit case 13 the handle 7 will still be firmly attached, due to the straps 17 passing through the loop openings 18, ,formed between the central loop 2 and the outer straps19 of the flat metal strip 1.

lVhat I claim is 1. In a combination handle and strap holcler a single metal strip, a central loop pressed upwardly and formed from a central portion of said single metal strip, a ring securing means formed at an inner end of said single metal strip, a ring connecting said ring securing. means with one end of the handle, rivets securing said single metal strip at both ends to a suit case or the like, the strap passing over said single metal strip and under said central loop, substantially as described.

, 2. In a combination handle and strap holder comprising a single'metal strip, a central loop pressed upwardly and formed from a central portion of said single metal strip, a loop formed at one end of said single metal strip for the purpose of holding a ring to which is attached the handle, the strap passing under the central loop formed from the single metal strapand overthewmetal strip, means for securing said single metal strip atboth ends to a suit case or the like, substantially as described. a

a 3. In a device of the class described comprising a suit case or the like, in combination with a pair of 'metal strips, a central loop, pressed upwardly'and formed from a central portion on each of said metal strips, one end of each metal strip provided with slots, a loop formed at one end of each of said metal strips by turningan end downwardly and then upwardly through said slots and then falling back upon the upper portion of said metal strips, a ring connetced to each of said loops, a handle secured to said rings, straps passing between the central loop portion and the metal strip, means for securing each of said metal strips at both ends to a case or the like, substanially as described.

4. In a device of the class described comprising a suit case or the like, a pair of metal strips, a central loop pressed upwardly and formed from a central portion of each of said metal strips, a loop formed at one end of each of said metal strips, a ring connected to each of said loops, a handle secured to said ring, 

